A pretty resounding answer from you, the readers, as to who the girls athlete of the year is. By a better than 2 to 1 margin over the next closest finisher, it Hannah Wilkerson of Miller. For her record setting exploits on the basketball court and the third place finish of her Miller Lady Cardinals, Wilkerson [...]
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All of you keeping an eye out for basketball talent to watch next year need to watch the Summit Conference. Looking at this years all-conference teams, half of the 10 boys first team players return next year. With four of those being sophomores. League champion Gainesville returns their leader Dakota Nash. Norwood will have sophomores Riley Jenkins and Cody Hull back. And Seymour will have first team soph Tyler Lee, as well as sophomore Jordan Humbyrd and junior J.J. Larsen who made honorable mention. On the girls side, even more players return with only 3 seniors on the first team. Santana Cruz of Conway, Maggie Arnall of Hartville, and Fordland’s Megan Orr. Seymour will return two first teamers in Leann Lansdown and Taylor Hodge, and Norwood will have 3 all-conference players returning including Jordan Gray from the first team. Congrats to the all-Summit Conference honorees. My thanks to Mansfield boys coach Terry Writer for sending the boys team in. And thanks to Norwood girls coach David Drake and another kind reader for supplying the girls side. 2010 All-Summit Conference Basketball Teams BOYS First team
GIRLS CLASS 1 District 5 at Bolivar
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BASKEBALL BOYS Varsity
Great moment tonight in Morrisville as Hannah Wilkerson becomes the states all time leading scorer. Former record holder Melissa Grider was on hand in the town she spent her first three years playing for to present Wilkerson the game ball after the record breaking point early in the second quarter. Wilkerson would finish with 32 points as Miller won 75-54. Congratulations Hannah! In other games Skyline downs newly state ranked Fair Grove 50-48. It’s going to be a real dogfight for the Mid-Lakes title. West Plains continues their strong season with a 48-42 win over Rolla. And Nixa gets a nice 51-34 win at Branson. While on the boys side, Dadeville remains undefeated with an impressive 73-55 win over a very good Fair Play squad. BASKETBALL GIRLS McAuley Tournament
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There are pluses & minuses to being an amateur running a sports website without an editor. Minuses include not being able to get to everything I want, having a real job, and having my excellent readers correct me when my research, information, or spelling is shoddy. The pluses include me being able to do pretty much whatever I please. For example… I started out this week’s QotW asking who you thought was the girls Holiday Tournament MVP. I picked players from 1st or 2nd place teams that had great performances. I included Mt. Vernon’s do everything Kenzie Williams who lead them to a Pink & White championship, Hannah Wilkerson of Walnut Grove Classic champions Miller, Lauren McCurry of Pleasant Hope who was the leading scorer at Lebanon, sparkplug Erin Gavin of the Neosho Holiday Classic champion Fair Grove Lady Eagles, Makenzie Smith who helped Kickapoo take second at the KTXR Lady Classic, and Dallis Bailey of Lebanon champions Conway. Not a bad group eh? Now most of you know that Joboo loves me some small school ball. And that I keep an eye out for up & coming talent. With that in mind, I headed to Sarcoxie last night to catch the Everton Lady Tigers and Jessica Holland. She of the triple double to start the season. I arrived a little late and by the time I got settled in, Everton was already down by double digits. But they started to hit some shots, applied the press, and started to chip away at the lead. Holland at 5′ 9″ had a few inches on the Sarcoxie guards and decent speed, allowing her to go inside and outside pretty confidently. Sarcoxie lead 24-18 at the half and I had Holland for 8 points in the time I had been watching. In the second half, foul trouble and an injury to starter Linsey Denney kept Everton from throwing the pressure back on. But sophomore Paige Limpus hit for 9 second half points to help them pull within 2 starting the fourth. In the final frame, Sarcoxie’s solid backcourt took care of the ball, took advantage of the Everton foul trouble, and started penetrating to score. Holland had 9 more in the second half, but the Lady Bears got scoring from 5 different players to finish with the 47-37 win. No seniors on Everton’s squad and there is some potential there. Keep an eye on them as the year moves along, and next year. On of the best stories of the early season continued on last night as Parkview remained undefeated. Korey Tillery lead three players in double figures scoring 21 and grabbing 17 rebounds as the Vikings beat Central 60-44 in the Parkview Classic. Parkview moves to 3-0 on the year. And a pair of 33s on the girls side last night. Morrisville’s Kasey Painter knocks down 33 to lead the Lady Panthers to a 76-58 win over Billings in the Ash Grove Tournament. Rachel Phillips helped out with 24 while Billings was lead by Stephanie Bos’ 24 points. And Lauren McCurry of Pleasant Hope netted 33 as the Lady Pirates captured 3rd place in the Fair Grove Tournament with a 61-47 win over Hartville. BASKETBALL GIRLS Everton Tournament
Carl Junction Tournament
BOYS SOCCER
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